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CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611 image 1
CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611 image 2
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CORYATE (THOMAS)
Coryats Crudities, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611

11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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CORYATE (THOMAS)

Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved allegorical title-page by William Hole, letterpress title ("Three Crude Veines..."), 4 engraved plates (2 folding), full-page woodcut of the Prince of Wales's crest, full-page engraved portrait on p.496, 4 leaves of preliminaries (gathering "b") misbound, additional title trimmed just touching image at upper margin and re-margined, printed title cut down and mounted, 27 leaves (including the "Posthuma" section at end) remargined, woodcut arms repaired at margin with some loss to outer line border, the plate of the Strasbourg clock cropped at lower margin, blue crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, covers with 3-line fillet border, spine tooled in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt dentelles, g.e. [ESTC S108716; Keynes, Donne 70; Pforzheimer 218], 4to (212 x 155mm.), [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611

Footnotes

"There has probably never been another such combination of learning and buffoonery as is here set forth" (Pforzheimer). In 1608 Coryate travelled, often alone on foot, through France and Italy to Venice, from where he returned via Switzerland and Germany, a journey which he drew upon for his Crudities, "which was intended to encourage courtiers and gallants to enrich their minds by continental travel". Prior to publication Coryate sought testimonials from fellow writers, and these mostly mock-heroic elegies were printed in the book. Contributors included Ben Jonson, Donne, Harington, Drayton and other members of the "Mermaid Tavern" set.

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